However, every turret and belfry is covered with soldiers, and the streets are blocked up with troops and trenches. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
The ringing-floor is on the next stage, and the belfry is the floor above. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
To adhere to the sub - ject of cupolas, although the want of a belfry, which is an. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital: Containing Notes and Correspondence exchanged between Jefferson, Washington, L'Enfant, Ellicott, Hallett, Thornton, Latrobe, the Commissioners, and others] Reference
The furry flying rodents weren't confined to the "belfry", butare soaring freely throughout the building. From Wordnik.com. [O'Reilly Doesn't Give a Bat's Ass About Walter Reed Scandal] Reference
The belfry, which is of admirable proportions, was erected by B. d’Agnolo. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
There is an odd kind of belfry at the peak of one of the gables, with the small bell still hanging in it. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2] Reference
A belfry is a very useful adjunct to a town. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Ville and belfry, too, which were entirely unlooked for. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
On the north side is the belfry -- strange to relate, an. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
North-west from St. Aspais are the Prefecture and the belfry. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The south tower, 240 feet high, has a belfry attached to it. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Over it rises a neat octagonal belfry in two arcaded stages. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
From the S. side rises a square belfry in three diminishing stages. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
While the storm was at its height, lightning struck the belfry of the. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
Cathedral the belfry chimes set him musing, and of those chimes he says. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Cut the knaves to pieces that have undertaken to hold that belfry against the king!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
In the night, climbing up into the belfry, it began to play with, and ring the bell. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
On the right of the entrance door is the door which now gives entrance to the belfry. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
The stall that day amplified his father's miraculous chiming sound, much like a belfry. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference
But scarcely had the boys gone a rod before the belfry bell rang out loudly five times. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
The belfry added by Hugh de Derlington was in 1429 struck by lightning and set on fire. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
On the top of the steps is the belfry, consisting of a roof, supported by four columns. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
In 1907 a belfry and farm bell were put on the comb of the roof of the first girls 'hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
In the middle of the town is a gateway surmounted by a belfry, dating from the 15th century. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It had, according to tradition, but one belfry and a single bell, -- a very large one at that. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
You can always count on Bunch having a few freak ideas in the belfry where he keeps his butterflies. From Wordnik.com. [You Should Worry Says John Henry] Reference
On examining the belfry, it was discovered that some persons had carried off the clapper of the bell. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
There are three bells, and a very curious old ladder, constructed of rude beams, leading up to the belfry. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
In reality the building consists of two chapels placed side by side, with rooms for the clergy and a belfry. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The priests and sacristans, though armed with swords and clubs, were soon driven to take refuge in the belfry. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Davis had never seen that old liberty-pole, and never heard the chimes which still ring out from that old belfry?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
A large, square tower, heavier than that of Grasse, served as a lookout, a tall, thin little turret served as a belfry. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
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